In a silent way

This blog contains jazz!!

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If you’re looking for great songwriting look no further than The Corporation! Gordy, Mizell, Perren and Richards..and of course the timeless vocals from Michael and co.

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RIP Rod Temperton! Had my funk/disco epithany listening to this record. Amazing legacy of funky tunage from the man from Lincolnshire! 

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Great to see this get a re-release this year! 

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I’m not sure if we’ll ever get another Five Corners Quintet album, given that the last studio album came out 7 years ago, but we can always revisit! The devil kicks. 

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Summer’s gone here and although the sun is shining, Autumn is coming in fast. Catch some Bossa Nova while you still can... 

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Put on ‘Time to Rearrange’ by Aaron Jerome the other day for a nostaliga trip and then remembered that I hadn’t listened to sbtrkt for a long while. New Dorp, New York is like an underground Uptown Funk. 

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Contender for jazz album of the year?

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I wonder how many followers I’ve lost for not posting for two years? Time to bring back some funky jazz lovin’ good times. 

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2015 Jazz! 

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Move on Up

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This week's vinyl haul......

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Munich '59 (RSD release)

Ron Carter - Parade

Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny (re-issue)

Renaissance - Song of Scheherezade

Harry Chapin - Short Stories

Minnie Riperton - Minnie

Madeline Bell - This is one girl

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Photos from the “Limbo” exhibit private view last night! It’s running until the 31st of May at The Stew Gallery down Fishergate in Norwich, and if you get the opportunity to have a look please do, it’s stuffed to the rafters with beautiful work by my course mates.  Please excuse the gratuitous pictures of my face. 

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The Drifters - Saturday night at the movies

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Liner Notes

I didn’t know there was a Grammy award for best album [liner] notes. It’s been around since 1964. 

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Everyday's a school day... Unsurprisingly, most have been won by writers of jazz album liner notes.

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Far be it from me to drag you all away from Tumblr, but I've started a new blog for my longer, written, music posts. It's not specifically jazz related, all styles and genres are welcome. I would love to see you all over there sometime .... in the mean time I shall continue to post music here too!

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Hank Mobley - Snappin' Out 

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One of the things I love best about Yusef Lateef is the fact that his albums can go from beautiful, smooth mid-tempo numbers like 'All Alone' (here), through to experiements in oriental sounds with an array of instruments - sometimes in the same track (Anastacia). 

'Other Sounds' is one of those albums, with the first two tracks being those above. The final track on the first half of the LP is then a hard-bop style piece, just to throw you again. But everything hangs together so well, there's no feeling of disorientation!